On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 1:22 PM SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
On 12/10/2018 1:14 PM, nIqolay Q wrote:
Or perhaps even
*vIghojmeH tlhIngan Hol qaq law' vulqangan Hol qaq puS.*
*In order that I learn it, Klingon is preferable to Vulcan.*
Klingon does not have a purpose of being preferable so that you learn it.
We already know that *-meH* clauses can be interpreted as "for the purpose of", especially with stative verbs. *Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam "*For the purpose of someone dying, today is good," not "Someone dying is the purpose of today being good." *tlhutlhmeH HIq ngeb qaq law' bIQ qaq puS* "For the purposes of drinking, fake ale is preferable to water", not "Drinking is the purpose of fake ale being preferable to water." and thus *vIghojmeH tlhIngan Hol qaq law' vulqangan Hol qaq puS* "For the purposes of my learning, Klingon is preferable to Vulcan."